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| bio | website | nickbedford.com |
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| location | Brisbane, Australia | |
| age | 25 | |
| visits | member for | 2 years, 9 months |
| seen | Mar 6 at 10:55 | |
| stats | profile views | 297 |
I'm a portrait photographer and drummer from Brisbane, Australia. I love photographing people, whether it's a simple portrait, a promotional shoot or occasionally a band in a live setting. I love to experiment in other genres as well. Visit my website, http://www.nickbedford.com/ or read my behind-the-scenes blog at http://www.fillthekey.com/.
Follow me on Twitter if you dare: @guardsofnick.
My Gear:
- Canon EOS 60D with BG-E9 Battery Grip
- Canon EF-S 17-55mm f/2.8 IS USM
- Canon EF 50mm 1.8 II
- Inca i531 Ball Head Tripod
- SLIK F153 Tripod
- 2x Yongnuo YN-560 Speedlites
- Canon 430EX II Speedlite
- Canon 270EX Speedlite
- 83cm umbrella, 60cm silver reflective umbrella, 40cm soft box
- Honl Colour Correction and Effects Gels
- Honl Snoot
- FlashZebra Off Camera E-TTL Cable 5m
- Demb Photojournalist Flip-It! Bounce Card
- Flycam Nano Steadycam
- LowePro Toploader Pro 70 AW with lens pouch for 50mm F1.8
Learning from masters one step at a time. Long journey ahead!
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Apr 27 |
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In portrait photography, what is a “catchlight”? Photographic Terms: When Film & Photography Collide. |
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Apr 23 |
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Why does Lightroom 4 CR2 “Edit in Photoshop” make a TIF file? "Once you go TIFF, you never go back." - Someone from the Internet. |
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Apr 22 |
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Why would one want to include the original RAW inside of a DNG? There's no evidence to suggest that DNG is any more future proof than raw formats. Support for raw formats is accumulative, and older raw formats are not removed from the programs capable of reading them. |
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Apr 16 |
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Good examples of RAW's advantages over JPEG? The second is the RAW file in black and white with shadows boosted and contrast lowered to show the detail captured, whilst the first image is the same application but to an already processed JPEG file. You can see that the raw version still has all the detail left to use, even if you don't recover details from it (like in my final result). |
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Mar 28 |
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How can this lighting/color effect be done? Yeah, my guess would be that he has utilised the considerable difference in colour temperature of the two major light sources and used post processing to desaturate the relatively blue tones. |
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Mar 28 |
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Which is sharper, theoretically - small image at 100% or large image re-sized in Photoshop? I think you're missing the point of my argument. What you throw away in camera, you can never get back. |
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Mar 22 |
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What types of digital cameras are out there? Canon labels it "Enthusiast". I tend to agree. |
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Mar 20 |
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Is EF-S 17-55 f2.8 IS USM really a 'L series' grade lens? Optically, you may call it an L (and for all intents and purposes has been proved to perform just as well, as well it should considering it uses the same glass), but it's plastic construction and target design (APS-C bodies only) make it a non-L. |
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Mar 20 |
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Is EF-S 17-55 f2.8 IS USM really a 'L series' grade lens? Not only that, an EF-S lens can't be mounted on an EF body (full frame or close). It's unlikely that they would call an EF-S lens an 'L' because it can't be used with the professional Canon bodies. |
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Mar 20 |
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Is EF-S 17-55 f2.8 IS USM really a 'L series' grade lens? Not only that, all L lenses are EF full frame and also usually made of metal, not plastic. That being said, my 17-55mm F/2.8 is a fantastic workhorse lens for me on my 60D. |
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Feb 28 |
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Good examples of RAW's advantages over JPEG? Great example! Thanks. The depth of raw captures continuously surprise me to this day. |
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Feb 21 |
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How and why do you use an image histogram? The main reason ETTR is a hotly debated topic is that it really shouldn't be practiced until you can't go any less sensitive. When you're at ISO 200, exposing at +1 EV should be no more effective than shooting at +0 EV at ISO 100, in theory. In practice, camera technology and ISO performance characteristics play a role in skewing the results of this theoretical basis. |
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Feb 21 |
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What kind of photography is still better done with film cameras? P.S. I will add the cost of memory cards though helps even things out a bit. |
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Feb 21 |
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What kind of photography is still better done with film cameras? 66 rolls or 3 batteries though :) Then you also have 66 rolls to get developed (and buy in the first place), which will always cost something, manual or through a lab. I've got nothing against film, I'm just saying film's lack of electricity requirement is replaced with it's own set of costs. |
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Feb 21 |
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What kind of photography is still better done with film cameras? I guess then you just have to carry a whole boat load of film canisters though. |
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Feb 15 |
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Is there an easy way to convert all my photos from .NEF to .JPG for upload to Facebook? DPI is irrelevant when creating JPEG's destined for monitors and other displays (i.e. from Facebook in a browser). |
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Feb 13 |
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Is there any significant difference between Nikon and Canon? @MattGrum sorry! My mistake. |
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Feb 13 |
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Is there any significant difference between Nikon and Canon? Every recent Canon DSLR has 3-shot auto-exposure bracketing. hdr-photography.com/aeb.html |
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Feb 13 |
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Why are my 14-bit RAW files being saved as 8-bit on my computer? I'm not sure how this possible. If you shoot raw, your files should be 14-bit .CR2 files. How do you know they're 8-bit? What software are you using them in? If they're 8-bit, then they're likely JPEGs. |
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Feb 8 |
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When do you center your subject in environmental portraits? For me, I tend to view the desirable composition of a photo like the example given to be on a see saw. If the subject is on either side, it's at rest. If the subject is in the center, it could go either direction and has the potential to feel like you're not stable. Maybe tension isn't the right word, maybe 'dynamic'. That's probably the best analogy I can think of for my own point of view. |
